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...The S&P BSE small-cap index is down 4.9 per cent month to date....
...The two largest contributions to the index declines came from Apple, which fell 2.2 per cent, and Tesla, down 3 per cent....
...Both ETFs, which have a total expense ratio of 0.35 per cent, are designed to generate high income through actively managing a “diversified basket of primarily dividend paying stocks and by selling index...
...Vanguard’s move was expected to herald a broad shift to cheaper options, or self-indexing — where the index fund provider themselves create and manage the underlying index....
...Japan’s broader Topix index added 0.2 per cent on Monday. South Korea’s Kospi index made large gains after a long weekend, adding 1.1 per cent in early trading....
...The Hang Seng index added 2.4 per cent, with the Hang Seng Tech index gaining 3.6 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 1.2 per cent....
...The country’s benchmark Topix index added 0.6 per cent for the day, while the Nikkei 225 index, widely watched by domestic retail investors but more exporter-oriented than the overall economy, was flat....
...“Even with recent interest in actively managed ETFs, index-based funds remain the core of most portfolios.”...
...The consumer confidence index, a leading indicator of consumer spending that measures people’s views of their personal finances and the state of the economy, fell to minus 21 in February from a two-year...
...The index closed that day at 38,915. The Nikkei has risen 17.5 per cent since the start of the year, making it the world’s best-performing major index, as a falling yen lures foreign investors....
...Thursday’s figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis are separate to the US’s consumer price index, which rose 3.1 per cent in the year to January....
...S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index, which measures business activity across the bloc, rose to an eight-month high of 48.9 this month, up from 47.9 in January....
...European stocks followed Asian markets higher on Friday, with gains for real estate stocks and basic materials groups pushing the region’s main index to a fresh record high....
...Specification: Economic Indicators Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Federal Reserve’s target index How does January’s CPI compare...
...Furthermore, not all index funds replicate the big indices in a way that fuels concentration....
...Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index closed at a 33-year high on Tuesday, after rising index 1.2 per cent over the day to hit 33,763.18. Chip-related stocks surged, following similar names in the US higher....
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 1.9 per cent in early trading and China’s CSI 300 added 0.2 per cent....
...Since then, brokers say the overwhelming (some estimate as much as 90 per cent) of money has been directed at funds tracking global equity markets and, in particular the US S&P 500 index....
...Chinese equities edged lower following the latest weak reading on China’s factory activity, with the CSI 300 index down 0.2 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprises index shedding 1.3 per cent...
From Paul Fellerman, London NW7, UK
...The S&P 500 index rose 1.2 per cent to close at 4,839.81, overtaking a previous record set on January 3 2022. Its intraday value also reached a fresh high of 4,842.07 during the trading session....
...The index finished 0.8 per cent higher on Tuesday, surpassing its previous high hit in late July....
...Seng China Enterprises index dropped 2 per cent....
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 3.7 per cent, dragged lower by the Hang Seng Mainland Properties index, which shed as much as 5.5 per cent to reach a new all-time low....
...The seasonally adjusted headline Caixin services index rose to 52.9 in December from 51.5 the previous month. Output expanded for the 12th consecutive month at the fastest pace since July 2023....
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